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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1874

Page

3

Westminster Abbey and the American link through history

The speaker urges teaching that American history and freedom precede the colonies, citing Magna Charta and the shared struggle against English rule. He honors English writers and war dead, notes monuments reflect progress, and argues Americans and Britons share descent, development, language, and laws, urging mutual respect.

América Virginia Cesar Congress Washington Westminster Free Commons of England Pitt and Fox Holland Tierney Grattan Peel Canning Palmerston Thackeray Dickens Maurice America Wolfe Abraham Americans Cornewill Saumarez Wager Vernon Lord Aubrey Beauclerk Davenant Dryden Cowley Congreve Prior Gay Ben Jonson Abbey Chaucer Spenser Drayton Shakespeare Wordsworth Southey Scott and Burns Westminster Abbey

Larcenies, affray, and attempted burglary across Boston area

Detectives arrest William White for larceny of rubber boots and shoes at a School street shop. Ladd shipwright store on Sumner street loses sheet lead and nails. Timothy Houlihan nabbed for stealing clothing from boarding houses with an accomplice. An Al Dany street saloon affray ends with Fassett's discharge after minor knife injury blamed on liquor. Mrs Harrington millinery shop losses total 250 dollars to two boys. William Lewis held for robbery in New York. An attempted safe burglary at Jeremiah Ryan’s liquor store fails as burglars flee, leaving tools behind.

White Hayes School Street Skelton Johtn Ladd Sumner Street Boston Timothy Houlihan McCausland and Brown Houlihan al- Dany Street Andrew Fassett Fassett T. F. Harrington Washington Street Bagley William Lewis New York Jeremiah Ryan Dorchester Avenue First Street

Brown University Boston reunion honors study, funds urged

The Brown University alumni reunion at Parker House drew about sixty attendees. F W Bird led the business meeting and praised University leadership while noting a need for funds to expand accommodations. President Robinson and several dignitaries spoke, with the gathering adjourned after a successful event.

Brown University Sons of Brown University Boston Parker House F. W. Bird A. B. Underwood Charles R. Train William Gaston E. L. Pierce Thomas Dean A.j.gordon Robinson Wheron Metcalf Carswell University Henry Chapin Worcester

Road and Bridges Committee Hears Malden Everett Petition

The Committee on Road and Bridges held a hearing on a petition by W H Lounsbury and others of Everett and Malden selectmen to repeal chapter 266 of 1869 and shift bridge maintenance costs to Boston. Testimony cited 299 pedestrians and 478 teams on Saturday morning to show bridge use, while witnesses argued locals should not pay. The Banks and Banking Committee addressed Arlington Five Cent Savings Bank real estate authority and Emigrant Savings Bank Boston real estate expansion, with Donnelly supporting the latter.

W. H. Lounsbury Everett Malden Malden Bridge Boston Messrs Evans Dyer Lounsbury Committee On Banks and Banking Arlington Five Cent Savings Bank Emigrant Savings Bank of Boston Donnelly Arlington Bank

Sailmaker Thomas White Held in Superior Court Chain

Thomas White a sailmaker was held in 300 bail after waiving examination for stealing a horse belonging to George W Russell. Alexander White and Jeremiah Ferrin alias Stuart Farrar were each held in 1000 bail for assaulting Jeremiah Calahan with a hatchet. John Shehan for unlawful liquor selling at 95 Charlestown street was fined 75 and costs and sent to the House of Correction for three months. Elizabeth Waldron idle and disorderly sentenced to four months. Mary Mahoney and Dennis her husband sent to Island for two months as common drunkards. James O Gara four months for a like charge.

Thomas White George W. Russell Alexander White Jeremiah Ferrin Stuart Farrar Jeremiah Calahan John Shehan Charlestown Street House of Correction Elizabeth Waldron House of Industry Mary Mahoney Dennis James Q’gara

Triple murder in Halifax rocks the Old Colony line

A brutal three on Sunday night in Halifax leaves Miss Mary Buckley and brothers Thomas and Simeon Sturtevant dead. A sled stake used as the weapon, a housekeeper’s missing money, and a trunk with untouched valuables point to robbery or tramp involvement. Coroner and detectives arrive, autopsies proceed, and an inquest resumes amid rival guilt theories.

Halifax Old Colony Boston Duxbury Thomas Simeon Sturtevant Mary Buckley Lull Miss Buckley Thomas Sturtevant Mr Blake Simeon Plymouth Sranson Buckley Hanson Philip D. Kingman Bridgewater Beften Philbrick Pinkham Drs Millett East Bridgewater Brewster and Pillsbury Kineman Messrs E.B. Thompson C. H. Paine Clerk J. T. Z.thompson Edwin Boyden Martin Howland C. P. Lyon

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